15 Interesting Tidbits About India You’Ve Probably Never Heard Before

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1. India and Bangladesh share a 3rd enclave border which means that a part of India is in Bangladesh which is in India which is in Bangladesh. Phew!

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2. In 1920, India was so good at Hockey that the British withdrew from Olympics to avoid a possible embarrassing defeat by its own colony.

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In the Olympics of 1928, 1932 and 1936, India scored 102 goals, but conceded only 3. Source

 

3. The Income Tax Rate in India was 97.75% in the year 1973

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4. In 2004, 200 women, armed with vegetable knives & chilli powder, stormed into a courtroom and hacked to death a serial rapist whose trial was underway. Then every woman claimed responsibility for the murder.

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5. India has an Airforce base in Tajikistan. Farkhor Air Base is India’s one and only military base outside its territory.

 

6. Hindi words choli (blouse) & pallu (end piece of a sari) has been derived from the names of Tamil dynasties viz. Cholas & Pallavas respectively.

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7. Sanjay Gandhi was arrested and jailed for destroying all the prints of a movie that satirized him. The film is “Kissa Kursi Ka”

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8. When A.P.J Abdul Kalam was the President of India, he asked a question on Yahoo Answers on ways to eliminate terrorism.

The best part is that Dr. Kiran Bedi, Leander Paes, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar replied to it. Here’s the direct link.

 

9. Dr. Shrikant Jichkar holds the record for “India’s most qualified person”. He was an IAS, IPS, lawyer, doctor,  D. Litt (Doctor of Letters) in Sanskrit , the highest degree in a University, photographer, actor, radio operator, youngest MLA at the age of 25, held 14 portfolios, had 20 degrees, 28 gold medals & had a library of 52,000 books.

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10. Samosas are banned in Somalia as they resemble the shape of the Christian Holy Trinity.

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11. P.V. Narasimha Rao was fluent in 16 languages. In addition to 7 Indian languages (Telugu, Hindi, Urdu, Oriya, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil), he spoke English, French, Arabic, Spanish, German, Greek, Latin and Persian.

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12. In 1996, an adult entertainment channel, named PLUS 21,  promising nudity, was planned for an Indian launch. It never went on air as certain groups petitioned against it in Delhi High Court.

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13. In 1948, the Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded. It would have been awarded to Mahatma Gandhi, however, due to his assassination, it was left unassigned in his honor.

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14. Narayana Murthy was a self-proclaimed socialist, but during his visit to Bulgaria, he was arrested and put in jail for talking against the Bulgarian govt. The experience pulled him towards capitalism and he learnt that entrepreneurship and job creation is the way to alleviate poverty. He then founded Infosys.

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15. In 2004, Marvel Comics launched Spider Man India where Peter Parker was called Pavitr Prabhakar, Mary Jane as Meera Jain, Aunt May as Auntie Maya, Uncle Ben as Uncle Bhim.

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A Spider-Man matram antha bisket

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[Yuva Nataratna]

During 1970-74, tax percentage was 97.7%....  :surprised-038:  :surprised-038:  :surprised-038:

[Yuva Nataratna]

Tax rates in India

How has personal taxation evolved in India? 
If one were to look at the table on personal income tax rates in India, the trend is quite shocking. Imagine those who lived in the seventies paid up to 93% of their income in taxes! And to think of it, we complain that we pay high taxes. Anyway, with the continuous rationalization of tax rates, India is only moving closer to global standards when it comes to tax rates.

 

1970-74     93.5%

 

 

Source:  http://www.moneycontrol.com/budget2007/taxrates.php

[moviefan]

Shrikant Jichkar gurinchi google chethy chanipoyadu ani telisindhi... so sad man. okka degree chadivaka never again anukunna. Shrikant ki degrees kakunda malli hobbies kuda unnayi. manaki andhulo okka hobbie kuda ledu. thu na bathuku !!

 

49 years old Dr. Shrikant Jichkar is a highly educated person from India with 20 post-graduate University Degrees to his credit. Began as a Medical Doctor (MBBS and MD) he did his Law (LL.B.) with Post-graduation in International Law (LL.M.) and his Masters in Business Administration (DBM and MBA) and in Journalism (B.Journ). He did his Masters in ten subjects. M.A. (Public Administration ; M.A. (Sociology) ; M.A. (Economics); M.A. (Sanskrit); M.A. (History); M.A.(English Literature); M.A. (Philosophy); M.A. (Political Science) ; M.A. (Ancient Indian History,Culture and Archaeology); M.A (Psychology). He got his D. Litt (Doctor of Letters) in Sanskrit , the highest of any Degree in a University. Most of his Degrees are with First Merit and he has obtained 28 Gold Medals. Between 1972 and 1990 he has written 42 University Examinations each ever summer and every winter. Books of Record list him as the most qualified person in India

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Peter Parker - Pavitr Prabhakar,

Mary Jane - Meera Jain,

Aunt May - Auntie Maya,

Uncle Ben - Uncle Bhim.

 

Lol...

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[BillMarkSteve]

No.11

Dedicated to Nissan.

Rip PV rao garu.

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[khiraak]

spider anna .. lolli..

 

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[cheddilomuddy]

Abdul kalam nijam ga rasara.. lekapothe yahoo promotion kosam ala chesinda?  all those important fame people of India replied instantly and then there are about 32000+ replies